Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe, in his address to the Shangri-La Dialogue meeting in Singapore yesterday, warned in no uncertain terms that the People’s Republic of China will resolutely oppose any efforts to split Taiwan from China. Taiwan is part of China, the Taiwan question belongs to China’s internal affairs, and national reunification will definitely become a reality, Wei said, reported Global Times.
“Peaceful reunification is the greatest wish of the Chinese people, and we have the utmost sincerity and are willing to make greatest efforts to achieve that. We are still making every effort with the greatest sincerities to deliver peaceful reunification now. The Taiwan question arose out of the weakness and chaos of the Chinese nation and is a legacy of China’s civil war, but it will surely be resolved as the Chinese nation achieves its rejuvenation,” Wei said. Those who pursue “Taiwan independence” in an attempt to split China will definitely come to no good end, and as the Democratic Progress Party authority attempted to change the status quo that both the mainland and Taiwan belongs to China, refused to recognize the 1992 Consensus, pursued incremental “independence” and acted as a pawn of anti-China foreign groups, it will only be used and abandoned by its masters, Wei said. (
